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of one legs and feet; of the box, whose condition was reported on the 25th instant, that two have died since, one has been discharged, his term of imprisonment having expired; and one has been cured and is able to resume work; of the remaining box, two are in such a state that they cannot, in Dr. Murray's opinion, possibly survive more than a few days, having refused to submit to treatment. About a dozen are suffering from bad ulcers, and the rest have sores which the Colonial Surgeon states could soon and easily be healed if the men were anxious to be cured. Undoubtedly, the most extraordinary feature in the case is the fact that in the great majority of cases, sores have either been caused by the sufferers themselves, or have at least been aggravated by them; and what makes this fact still more extraordinary is, that this is, as far as we have been able to ascertain, the first time since the establishment of the Colony that a large number of Prisoners have voluntarily injured themselves in such a manner as to render it impossible to employ them on public works.
The only explanation we can offer for such conduct is the fact that since the formation of the new Gang, the work performed by